Bernardo Ruiz Lima > Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP > Madrid, Spain > Lawyer Profile

Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP
Velazquez 51
4º Derecha
28001 Madrid
Spain

Work Department

Insurance, Shipping, Marine, trade and energy

Position

Bernardo is a partner in the Madrid office who advises on a wide range of contentious and non-contentious matters. He deals regularly with all types of insurance claims including civil liability, environmental, property, major casualties, pollution; P&I and salvage proceedings.  He is highly experienced in litigation and arbitration in Spain in matters relating to contracts, infrastructure, shipping, transport, logistics, trade and commodities.

Memberships

Bernardo has been a member of the Bar since 2001 and also of the Spanish Arbitration Club and the Spanish Maritime Law Association. He is the president of the shipping and transport section of the Madrid Bar. He is also a listed arbitrator for several Spanish arbitration courts.  He qualified in 2014 as a Spanish average adjuster to increase his expertise in claims.

Education

Bernardo has a law degree and an LLM in shipping, trade and insurance law from the University of Wales.